Rain Rain Go Away - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• A song, based on the rhyme, was co-written by Gloria Shayne Baker and Noël Regney. "Rain Rain Go Away" was initially recorded by Bobby Vinton.
• The folk group Peter, Paul & Mary recorded a version of "It's Raining" on their first LP in 1962.
• American Songwriter Allen Toussaint uses the rhyme as the basis for his song "Rain Rain Go Away," as performed by Lee Dorsey on the 1966 album "The New Lee Dorsey".
• This song was covered by Singaporean female artist Zhuang Xue Fang (莊雪芳), in edited Standard Chinese lyrics written by Suyin (舒雲/雨牛) under title name of 雨水不要下, with Ruby Records in 1967.
• The song Rain, from the Terence Trent D'Arby's 1987 album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, features the chorus "Rain, rain, go away, go away, rain, rain, come back again another day".
• Asian American rapper Jin sampled Rain Rain Go Away, Come again some other day" in the song called "Rain, Rain Go Away" he made dedicated to the victims of Virginia Tech Shooting.
• It is used in the theme tune for the Australian children's television programme Round the Twist.
• The Foo Fighters song "Arlandria" uses the rhyme, changing it to "Shame, shame go away".
• American rock band Breaking Benjamin made a song called "Rain" which features the lyrics "Rain rain go away, come again another day, all the world is waiting for the sun." (adding their own spinoff to the rhyme)
• The song "Down In It" by Nine Inch Nails, finishes with this rhyme
• The song "Weak And Powerless" by A Perfect Circle contains the line "Little Angel, go away come again some other day" that may or may not be influenced by the rhyme.
• In Shake, Rattle & Roll 13, the third episode Rain Rain Go Away is based on the title of the song when three street children were singing the song while drawing an eye.
• In The Mighty Boosh episode "Nanageddon", the only way to get rid of the evil Nanatoo is to say a variant of the rhyme: "Nana, nana, go away. Come again another day."